CEDAW/C/PHL/CO/7-8/Add.1 52. The Adolescent Health and Development Program, a component of the Philippine Population Management Program, seeks to improve the total well -being of adolescents. The program’s aims for 2017–2022 are as follows: • Reduce by half the proportion of adolescents aged 15–19 who have begun childbearing; • Reduce by half the number of pregnancies among adolescents aged 10–14; • Reduce by half the proportion of repeat pregnancies among adolescents who have begun childbearing. 53. The State implements demand generation and advocacy strategies with k ey NGO and CSO partners in the following programs: • Development of training tools for adolescents, e.g., Sexual Health and Personally Effective (SHAPE) Adolescent Modules; • U4U: Youth-for-Youth Initiative; • Parent Education on Adolescent Health; • Policy Research; • Information and Service Delivery Network; • National Population Quiz; • Adolescent Health-and-Development Independent Film Festival. 54. See Annex 5 for details. Conducting education campaigns to enhance awareness on SRH rights and services 55. The State integrates awareness on SRH rights in certain critical programs, such as the Universal Health Care Program, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) Program, and the Responsible Parenthood and Family Planning (RPFP) Program. Under the RPFP alone, some 93,124 classes were conducted by the State and attended by approximately 1.2 million participants. Likewise, in 2017, 83%, or 233,792 of 282,254 women of reproductive age with unmet need for modern FP identified through the CCT program were referred to and served at various health facilities by FP-service providers. Seeking technical/financial support from international community; strengthening collaboration with CSOs to enhance women’s access to SRH services 56. Mechanisms for the provision of quality SRH services in selected health facilities were developed by the DOH with assistance from development partners. 57. Pursuant to the RPRH Law and its monitoring by the State, several implementing guidelines were issued by agencies, recognizing/ encouraging further the assistance, participation and contribution of CSOs. 58. As a result of the State’s encouragement for CSOs to continuously engage on advocacy on health governance, CSOs were capacitated on demand generation for Adolescent and Youth Reproductive Health (AYRH) concerns, particularly on teen facilitation to assist rural health units on AYRH activities and for link -up with service provisions. Other partnerships with CSOs cover advocacy, ASRH information, risks assessment, referral, and progress-tracking for the health and development of OSYs and young parents through outreach. 8/9 18-19201

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